LJ Idol, Week 18
My first thought was the same as yours, even if you refuse to admit it: Who is going to write about me? Here, it seems, is the opportunity for you to learn about who is in your developing fan club that has been building over the course of this competition. But! Wait! What if your would-be followers are too busy kissing the digital asses of their best friends and Idol big-shots? Not to worry, my friend, I have you covered.
See, I want you to have your chance in the spotlight, too. So I've gone ahead and spent the past few days compiling information on and learning about my fellow Idolers (including you) in an effort to make sure that everyone gets a little bit of attention. So, without further ado (and believe me, I've got gallons of ado left that I could be using here), here's some interesting facts about you.
- Did you know that alephz once won a breakdancing competition? It's totally true!!
- alien_infinity's signature is on the bottom of the Decleration of Independence, but you have to look very closely with a very high-powered microscope. How the hell did she get it there? I have no idea, honestly. You should ask her next time you talk to her.
- I think we all owe alleyalligator an apology for that time that we ate her sandwich while she wasn't looking. In our defense, though, who leaves a sandwich on a windowsill anymore? I thought that only happened in Yogi Bear cartoons.
- alycewilson got stung by a bee once. Do you know what she did about it? SHE STUNG THE BEE RIGHT BACK! Humans:1, Bees:1,000,000,000.
- annaonthemoon has not actually been on the moon before, despite what her name says. She has, however, been on Nebulon 34, a very distant planet that very few people know about. False advertising, sure, but you have to admit that its pretty cool.
- Of all the people who have ever arm wrestled a grizzly bear, az_starshine is the only one who has won. Don't believe me? Look it up at your local library! Ask the librarian! They'll tell ya!
- basric is, within the medical community, known as a MacGuyver of sorts. Word on the medical street is that she can save a life with just a hambone, a soda bottle cap and an old issue of MAD magazine. Fascinating!
- There is no need to be afraid of baxaphobia.They've had over 392 vaccinations and inocculations, including over 59 different strands of cooties. That's what I call safe!
- The Snoopy icon may be cute, but did you know that beldarzfixon literally writes all of his LJ Idol entries from a typewriter on top of his house? What's even stranger is that his house is actually constructed to look like an oversized doghouse! You can't make stuff like this up, folks!
- belgatherial owns 3/4 of all the world's copies of Family Matters Season 6 on DVD. Don't ask me what the hell they're going to do with them, but if you can't complete your collection, you now know who to blame.
- It's a little known fact that caile was originally cast at a velociraptor in the first Jurassic Park film, but was later dropped due to creative differences. I'm so sorry your movie career never took off!
- I can't believe that ceiphiedknight still hasn't found Waldo. After all these years of searching, too. Don't worry! I know that you'll find him someday. Don't let that striped-shirt jerk get the best of you!
- cemetaria was voted Most Likely to be Reincarnated as a Wombat during high school. That's pretty weird. What the hell kind of high school did you go to, anyways?
- You can't look cheshire23 directly in the eyes or else you turn to foam. I'd refer you to my brother, Paul, for proof of this, but I am currently using him as a dish sponge.
- conflabit and I once sailed to the Bermuda Triangle on a dare. We encountered a sea serpent that he fought off with just some kitchen shears. Do not ask him about this though, as the Triangle seems to have erased any memory of this incident.
- copyright1983 once sued me for referencing the date 1983. I lost in court and ended up owing $12 total. I had to cancel my subscription to Baseball Cap Monthly thanks to you.
- Let's never forget that crimsonplum is the individual who invented pen caps. I don't even want to think of a world where our pens dry out and we have nothing to chew on while we're nervous at work.
- No, dakotawitch is not an actual witch. She is, though, a certified wizard. She can turn someone into a frog from ten yards away! Don't believe me? Go ahead and ask her! She'll do it!
- dblicher was once in a street gang that wore aluminum foil over their shoes as a gang sign. You can see footage of this in the documentary: Silver Shoe Blues: The Dblicher Story.
- Despite my repeated attempts at contact him, drjeff refuses to discuss a reunion of the band that we were once in together: Doctor Psychadelica. C'mon, Jeff! Our fans are clamoring for it! CLAMORING!
- There's a really interesting AM radio show that dslartoo hosts every week about fishing for trout in virtual reality. A lot of it goes over my head, honestly, but I know there's quite a following there.
- Despite what our mothers may tell us, there really is an ecosopher. Sometimes I still don't believe it.
- For one night every year, elionwyr turns into a cheetah. I tried to take pictures of this the last time it happened, but my camera just kept catching a blur. Reminder to self: Invest in a better camera for next year!
- Yes, friends, its true! You can, in fact, use ellakite as an actual kite! The steps neccessary to achieve this are a little complicated (and costly), but you can download the full instructional pdf at the official Ellakite As A Kite blog. I suggest going there now before my mentioning of it causes a surge in traffic that crashes the website.
- emo_snal and I once starred in a little-seen buddy-cop movie called Bubble Trouble. Our film careers certainly never took off, but it is my understanding that emo_snal was handpicked for this season of LJ Idol based only on their performance in this movie. If I were you, I'd try and find it at your local VHS store!
- everywordiwrite does not actually write any words of their own. They have a clan of well-programmed robots to do all their writing for them. I'd say it was disappointing except for the fact that it probably took some talented programming skills to get those robots to write so well in the first place.
- You can use faerie_spark to start a faerie_fire. But, please people, saftey first. You need to have some faerie_water on hand to prevent faerie_disasters.
- frecklestars lives life with the knowledge that on a distant planet, there is a cosmic entity who goes by the moniker of starfreckles. There's some food for thought for you!
- Not quite a fur coat, not quite an icicle, furzicle has been studied by scientists from all over the world. The best that they can come up with? Furzicle is best served ice cold.
- gratefuladdict once had a cup of tea with Jerry Garcia in a dream. At least, it was believed to be tea. It was hard to tell, considering that they were riding a rainbow colored dragon while flying through the concept of "cool."
- The other half of halfshellvenus is also a shell. I can't figure out why that shell doesn't get more attention. Is that fair?
- hosticle_fifer can believe that it's not butter, but usually doesn't make a big deal about it. That's a pretty noble feature, right? I thought so too.
- An early prototype of iamthesea was named iamthepond, but the appeal seemed limited and was scrapped for the model that we all know of today.
- imafarmgirl is an avid reader of Archie comics and hopes to one day meet the real-life Archie who inspired the comics. Keep reaching for those stars!
- There'll never be a better shuffleboard player than impoetry. There! I said it! Probably the most contraversial thing I'll say in this entire post!
- For years now, jacq22 has been the go-to authrity on the topic of ice cream sandwiches. Go ahead, I defy you to find someone with more knowledge on the topic. HA! You can't!
- I know you don't want me to expose this secret, java_fiend, but I think the time has come: Until recently, he thought "LJ" stood for "Lunchtime Jumprope." What the heck, man?
- jem0000000 would have more 0s in her username, except that she actually used up all the 0s that were in her computer. Man, that sucks. I'd lend you some, but I'm not sure how to send them.
- There is nothing joyful about joyfulfeather's username. It's actually a reference to an ancient ritual used by a long-forgotten Amazonian tribe for protection from ancient gnats the size of a head of cabbage.
- There are thirteen varities of karmasoup available in stores right now. The manufacturers are quickly working to develop a 14th flavor, as having 13 flavors seems rather unlucky for a soup company so dependent on producing good karma.
- I would not recommend giving your potential date a kathrynrose, as she gets irritable when stuck inside of a vase.
- So far, kickthehobbit has published four books in the relatively famous series The Adventures of Tough-Guy McSunglasses. Rumor has it that the fifth book will feature a return of the long-thought-dead character *SPOILER ALERT* Dr. Madness.
- I have used an advanced computer program to determine that lawchicky's next LJ Idol entry will be about a cactus. Of course, now that she read this, she will try to switch things up a little bit. But we all know the truth now!
- There is nothing that liret likes more than performing as a professional stunt-person. Don't worry, liret always wears a helmet! And elbowpads!
- lrig_rorrim is actually an exchange student from the submerged city of Atlantis. I hope that you are enjoying the surface world!
- If part of m_malcontent's body is seperated from the rest of it, it regenerates into a completely new m_malcontent! PLEASE NOTE: I am not condoning the cutting/slicing/chopping/hacking of m_malcontent.
- mac_arthur_park is curating this year's All Star Circus Clown Festival. I, for one, am extremely excited about which clowns she asks to participate. If I could make one suggestion though: Sprinkles. His hand-buzzer routine is in top form this year.
- On an alternate dimension where people are made out of cake, malruniel11 is carrot cake. This is not a reflection of their character, it's just how it is.
- marstokyo used to ride a shark to work, but that was back when she worked in the ocean. What fun that must have been, though!
- If there's one thing about medleymisty that you absolutely need to know, it's that: [INFORMATION REDACTED BY CIA]
- For years, milk_and_glass has been working on her own jetpack. She won't say if its finished or not, but someone sure as hell keeps flying to the roof of my house and moves my weathervane around.
- I once heard this story about how minnesattva was trapped on a bus that couldn't go below 50 miles per hour or else it would explode. They should totally make that into a movie.
- Congratulations, michikatinski on your recent win at the Oscars for Best Performance by an Audience Member! That was a really close competition, but everyone knew it was your year!
- Like you, I didn't believe that mstrobel was capable of taking over a small European country either. But wouldn't you know, it happened! Mstrobelland is now Europe's leading exporter of banana-flavored water. Weird, but true.
- muchtooarrogant is not actually as arrogant as the name would lead you to believe. In fact, I once thought that they weren't arrogant enough. You should really work on that.
- myrna_bird spent the last two months thinking they were a Pokemon. I'm not sure how this happened, but I'm happy to report that everything is back to normal now. It's good to have you back!
- I got to see n3m3sis42 in concert last year, and let me tell you: It was quite a show! Fireworks! Lasers! Koalas in hats! Saxophones! This show was intense! I even got my souvenir t-shirt autographed after the show! I reccommend you get yourself some tickets and see it for yourself!
- nialyind can count to 126 underwater. Now, I'm not sure if that means that she can last underwater for more than 126 seconds or that she just counts really fast. Either way, that's really impressive!
- What more can be said about noodledays that hasn't already been said, at length, in the recently published biography: Noodledays and Noodlenights? Not much, honestly. That book sort of hit the nail on the head. Still, if you haven't picked up the book, I'd suggest doing so. Better yet, get the audio book, which features narration by the one and only Sean Connery.
- notodette has a brother named yestodette, who I find to be a generally nice guy except for the fact that he uses word "bro" way too often. What's up with that?
- nyxocity likes to escape from everyday life by taking a bath in warm coffee. I've never heard of such a thing before, personally, but there must be something good about it. Why else would someone do it?
- pixie117 has a very rare disease in which she must respond to every comment ever made on the internet or else she turns inside out. Horrifying but true!
- I'd like to thank porn_this_way for their contributions in the field of Meatloaf Science. We wouldn't be where we are now without you.
- rattsu knows so much about the future because he is, in fact, originally from the future and is currently trapped in our time. Well, buddy, I hope you find your way back home someday.
- Whatever you do, do not tell ravenshrinkery that we're throwing a party in their honor tomorrow night in the haunted forest! It's supposed to be a surprise!
- roina_arwen has often been called "the next big thing" in hip hop. I listened to her mixtape and I can assure you that the hype does not lie. She's got mad skillz.
- rumplebuttkins is the greatest living human alive.
- People sometimes confuse sarcasmoqueen with the Queen of England. An easy mistake to make, I guess, considering that they are both queens. If it helps you to tell them apart, just remember that the Queen of England doesn't have an LJ account. She's mostly on My Space.
- Did you know that shadowwolf13 can actually blend in the shadows? In fact, check your shadow right now! They could be there. Watching you.
- shimmerdream was the first person to blog from the moon. What did they blog about? Cats.
- similiesslip was recently offered 250 million dollars to write for the US Olympic Blogging Team. I heard the offer was rejected. I'd be tempted to say that was a bad move, but I assume there was more going on behind the scenes than I know about.
- The user name of sketchybrunette is rumored to come from the fact that she was once a sketch in an artist's sketch book that escaped after some sort of magical tomfoolery accured. I cannot verify this, but I would like to think that its the truth.
- There is talk of a snarkerdoodle motion picture in the works. If this comes to fruition, it will be the 7th motion picture adaptation of snarkerdoodle.
- If you're unhappy about daylight saving time, you can blame solstice_singer who developed it accidently while making some toast one morning.
- If you thought sonophax was cool, you should meet daughterophax. That girl knows how to line dance!
- The other day, sweeny_todd pulls up to my house in an ice cream truck. I'm like "Hey, I didn't know you sold ice cream." She was like "Yeah, me neither." Her life is so weird.
- I auditioned to be in the_day_setup, but I was told that I didn't know how to rock a pair of sunglasses well enough. It hurt at the time, but I've come to accept it as the truth.
- I'll never forget the time that theafaye materialized out of thin air and stole my mom's recipe for lasagna. MY MOM DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT WITHOUT THE RECIPE! GIVE IT BACK!
- I always suspected that Q was the spookiest letter of the alphabet. And, don't you know, thephantomq has come along to prove my suspicions correct!! Dag nabbit!
- tigrkittn's lack of vowels is actually a direct result of losing a bet during a game of poker. I have confidence that she'll win them back one day.
- There can only be one unmowngrass per generation. It's some sort of cosmic law. You should greet iteration when you have the chance.
- vaguelyclear is actually decidedly murky. Of course, that wouldn't have been as good of a name, so I can understand the hesitation to use it.
- I like vaudy's private jet. It has a sauna and the complete set of Alf DVDs. That, my friends, is what I call classy traveling.
- Can we all agree that waveform_delta is just too dangerous with a sword? Seriously, put the sword down!
- Once in a while, I watch whipchick's reality show to see if this is the week that she's voted off. Then I remember that its not that kind of reality show. For what its worth, she has yet to be voted off.
- whirlgig knows the words to every Blondie song. Go ahead and ask 'em to recite a song! I'll wait here while you do it.
- Can you believe that wolfden was once frozen in a block of ice for four years? It's an incredible story that i'd tell you all now if I had the time. It's a shame that I don't.
- The age-old question of whether wookiewife is married to a wookie or is actually a wife who is a wookie can finally be answered: BOTH. You heard it hear first, folks.
- xo_kizzy_xo is actually allergic to writing physical letters. Thank goodness for the internet, right?
- xreesex thinks that this entire post is ridiculous and completely unneccessary. She is probably right. This rational thinking is one of the 8.2 billion reasons why I keep her around.
- yachiru lives inside of a hollowed out alien octopod hull inside of the tusk of a giant walrus nestled beside the single teardrop of a cosmic god-like entity. Visitors are usually welcome with advance notice.
- yuniebaby has 5 #1 hit singles in Russia and Germany and has toured extensively with the Hoff himself. Wow!!
- And lastly, an exclusive bit of information for your eyes only! zhent has been confirmed as next year's performing act for the Super Bowl Halftime Show! While I have no idea what the show will consist of, I can only assume it will feature zhent's trademark use of coconuts.